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1 Chronicles 7
The Family of Issachar
1 The four sons of Issachar were Tola, Puah, Jashub and Shimron. 2 The sons of Tola were Uzzi, Rephaiah, Jeriel, Jahmai, Ibsam and Samuel, heads of their fathers' houses. Tola's sons were powerful soldiers among the people of their day. There were 22,600 of these men in the days of David. 3 The son of Uzzi was Izrahiah. And the sons of Izrahiah were Michael, Obadiah, Joel and Isshiah. All five of them were leaders. 4 With them by their families and by their fathers' houses were 36,000 men ready to fight. For they had many wives and sons. 5 Their brothers among all the families of Issachar were powerful soldiers. There were 87,000 of them, whose names were written down by their families.
The Families of Benjamin and Naphtali
6 The three sons of Benjamin were Bela, Becher and Jediael. 7 The five sons of Bela were Ezbon, Uzzi, Uzziel, Jerimoth and Iri. They were heads of their fathers' houses and powerful soldiers. There were 22,034 of them, whose names were written down by their families. 8 The sons of Becher were Zemirah, Joash, Eliezer, Elioenai, Omri, Jeremoth, Abijah, Anathoth and Alemeth. All these were the sons of Becher. 9 Their names were written down by their families. They were heads of their fathers' houses, 20,200 powerful soldiers. 10 The son of Jediael was Bilhan. And the sons of Bilhan were Jeush, Benjamin, Ehud, Chenaanah, Zethan, Tarshish and Ahishahar. 11 All these were sons of Jediael, by the heads of their fathers' houses. They were 17,200 powerful soldiers, who were ready to go out with the army to battle. 12 Shuppim and Huppim were the sons of Ir. Hushim was the son of Aher.
13 The sons of Naphtali were Jahziel, Guni, Jezer and Shallum, the sons of Bilhah.
The Family of Manasseh West of the Jordan River
14 Manasseh's sons were Asriel and Machir the father of Gilead. Their mother was the Aramaean woman who acted as Manasseh's wife. 15 Machir took a wife of Huppim and Shuppim, whose sister's name was Maacah. The name of the second was Zelophehad. And Zelophehad had daughters. 16 Machir's wife Maacah gave birth to a son, and gave him the name Peresh. His brother's name was Sheresh. And his sons were Ulam and Rakem. 17 The son of Ulam was Bedan. These were the sons of Gilead the son of Machir, the son of Manasseh. 18 His sister Hammolecheth gave birth to Ishhod, Abiezer and Mahlah. 19 The sons of Shemida were Ahian, Shechem, Likhi and Aniam.
The Family of Ephraim
20 Ephraim's sons were Shuthelah and Bered his son, Tahath his son, Eleadah his son, Tahath his son, 21 Zabad his son, Shuthelah his son, and Ezer and Elead. The men of Gath who were born in the land killed Ezer and Elead, because they came down to take their cattle. 22 Their father Ephraim was filled with sorrow for many days. And his brothers came to comfort him. 23 Then he went in to his wife and she was able to have a child and gave birth to a son. Ephraim gave him the name Beriah, because trouble had come upon his house. 24 Beriah's daughter was Sheerah. She built both parts of Beth-horon, and Uzzen-sheerah. 25 Rephah was his son, Resheph his son, Telah his son, Tahan his son, 26 Ladan his son, Ammihud his son, Elishama his son, 27 Nun his son, and Joshua his son.
28 Their cities and their lands were Bethel with its towns, Naaran to the east, Gezer to the west with its towns, and Shechem with its towns as far as Ayyah with its towns. 29 Beside the land of the sons of Manasseh, they lived in Beth-shean with its towns, Taanach with its towns, Megiddo with its towns, and Dor with its towns. In these cities lived the sons of Joseph the son of Israel.
The Family of Asher
30 The sons of Asher were Imnah, Ishvah, Ishvi, Beriah, and Serah their sister. 31 The sons of Beriah were Heber and Malchiel, who was the father of Birzaith. 32 Heber was the father of Japhlet, Shomer, Hotham, and their sister Shua. 33 The sons of Japhlet were Pasach, Bimhal and Ashvath. These were the sons of Japhlet. 34 The sons of Shemer were Ahi, Rohgah, Jehubbah and Aram. 35 The sons of his brother Helem were Zophah, Imna, Shelesh and Amal. 36 The sons of Zophah were Suah, Harnepher, Shual, Beri, Imrah, 37 Bezer, Hod, Shamma, Shilshah, Ithran, and Beera. 38 The sons of Jether were Jephunneh, Pispa and Ara. 39 The sons of Ulla were Arah, Hanniel and Rizia. 40 All these were the sons of Asher and heads of the fathers' houses. They were chosen men and powerful soldiers, leaders of the king's sons. There were 26,000 of them, whose names were written down by their families for fighting in war.
